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Revelation 5:2

1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
KJV
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
WEB
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”
ASV
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
DARBY
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who [is] worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?
BLB
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”
ÅB
Og jeg så en veldig engel, som ropte med høy røst: Hvem er verdig til å åpne boken og bryte seglene på den?
OTB
Så så jeg en mektig engel som ropte med høy røst: “Hvem er verdig til å åpne bokrullen og bryte seglene dens?”
B1930
Og jeg så en veldig engel, som ropte med høi røst: Hvem er verdig til å åpne boken og bryte seglene på den?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 5:5

    And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

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  • Isaiah 29:11–12

    And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

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  • Revelation 10:1

    And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

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  • Psalms 103:20

    Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

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  • Isaiah 41:22–23

    Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

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  • Revelation 18:21

    And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

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